Second "New Fair" & "Troutbeck" Breeding Ewes & Lambs 2024
On Tuesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their Second “New Fair” Sale of 3,612 Hoggs, Ewes & Shearlings with Lambs at Foot & Geld Gimmer Hoggs together with the “Troutbeck” Sale of Swaledale, Herdwick and Hill Bred Ewes with Lambs at foot.
As the sun shines and the grass grows the demand lifted extremely well, with all classes comfortably up on the fortnight. The sale topped at £225 per life from Messrs Winter Bros, Clickham Farm, Appleby, with 2 superb potential show winner Mule hoggs. Mule hoggs regularly sold for £140-£155 per life throughout the sale.
Texel cross hoggs with superb Beltex lambs at foot topped at £188 a life from Mr T C Whiteford, Tercrosset, purchased by Mr M H Elliott, Penrith.
Aged ewes and lambs sold with great ease with Messrs Allen & Dickinson, Windrush topping at £162 for full mouthed ewes with quality Beltex lambs at foot. This consignment averaged £142.69. Also, a consignment of forty 2 & 3 shear Texel ewes with Beltex cross lambs at foot achieved an average of £131.40 per life topping at £160 from Mr J C Horn, Birks Head.
Horned ewes and lambs were most definitely the dearest ever seen with Mr M Toms, Middle Fell Farm, selling 121 Herdwick ewes (mainly broken mouthed) with Texel lambs at foot to average a mind blowing £69.92 per life topping at £79 per life for 14 ewes with single lambs, regularly selling for £60 per life plus.
Swaledale ewes were regularly £70-£80 per life for both correct and broken mouthed ewes. Topping at £87 per life for a pen of young ewes with Mule twin lambs at foot from Mr J A Alderson, Barras Farm. A consignment of 175 aged Swaledale ewes with Mule lambs at foot from Mr S J Robinson, Bridge End, Keswick averaged £74.27 topping at £80 a life, for a pen of broken mouthed ewes with twin Mule lambs at foot.
Our next sale will be held on Friday 7th June 2024, all entries to the mart office by Friday 31st May at 12noon.
Leading Prices - “New Fair” Sale
Hoggs & Single Lambs
Mule - £225, £162, £160, £155, £150 Clickham Farm; £150, £145 High Dyke Farm; £145, £144 (2) Yew Tree Farm (Ridsdale); £138 (2) Glebelands (Smith & Shepherd); £135 Howes Farm
Texel - £188, £160, £152 Tercrosset Farm; £185 Cote House Barn; £165, £150 Woodhouse Farm (Pedley); £160, £155 The Harras; £160, £152 Clea Mire; £150 Clickham Farm; £145 (2) Highwood Farm
Continental - £170, £160, £158, £152 (2), £148, £145 Clea Mire; £160, £145 Bustabeck; £145 Cote House Barn
Suffolk - £165, £155 Low Wood Farm; £165, £150 (2), £145 High Mansriggs; £165 Tercrosset Farm; £160 Clickham Farm; £160 High Dyke Farm
Cheviot Mule - £125 (2) Low Wood Farm
Hoggs & Twin Lambs
Continental - £140 Cote House Barn
Shearlings & Single Lambs
Mule - £134, £124 Glebelands (Smith & Shepherd); £120 Sandwick Farm
Suffolk - £130 Ashfield
Continental - £118 Pinewood (Horn)
Cheviot Mule - £102 (2) Walmgate
Shearlings & Twin Lambs
Suffolk - £120 Ashfield
Texel - £110 Dacre Banks Farm
Ewes & Single Lambs
Continental - £160, £150, £148 Birks Head; £148, £124 Leigh Croft; £144 Pinewood (Horn); £120 Southwaite Green Mill; £100 Ashfield
Texel - £155 Windrush; £150 Brewery House Barn; £145, £138, £118, £115, £110 Dacre Banks Farm; £140, £120 Dale Head; £130, £110 Earnwell
Beltex - £158, £156 Windrush
Suffolk - £146, £135 Ashfield; £110 Dale Head
Mule - £102 Leigh Croft; £96 Dale Head
Cheviot - £95 (2), £94 Dale Head; £94 Dry Howe; £94 Pinewood (Horn); £91 Winter Crag
Ewes & Twin Lambs
Texel - £162, £142 Windrush; £142, £130 (2) Lodge Farm; £128, £120, £110 Dacre Banks Farm
Continental - £130, £114 (2) Birks Head; £130, £105 Southwaite Green Mill; £130 Midtown Farm (Fisher); £130 Earnwell; £120, £118 (2), £114, £110 Leigh Croft; £102, £101 Arngill House
Mule - £114, £98 Midtown Farm (Fisher); £106, £96 Pinewood (Horn)
Cheviot - £98 Pinewood (Horn); £90 Dry Howe
Geld Hoggs
Mule - £168 Westray
Leading Prices - “Troutbeck” Sale
Ewes & Twin Lambs
Swaledale - £87, £84, £77 Barras Farm; £82, £80, £78 Pine Wood (Copeland); £82, £71, £70 Walmgate; £81 Burblethwaite Farm; £78 (2), £70 Bridge End Farm; £76 Dalebottom Farm; £72 Horsemoor Hills; £70 Howtown Hotel
Scotch Blackfaced - £70 Rosemount
Herdwick - £68, £66 Middle Fell Farm; £67 Burblethwaite Farm; £66 High Row Farm; £65 Noran Bank Farm; £60 Anns Cottage
Ewes & Single Lambs
Swaledale - £86 Ranbeck; £84 Barras Farm; £82 Walmgate; £80, £78, £70 Bridge End Farm; £77 Horsemoor Hills
Herdwick - £79, £68, £66 Middle Fell Farm; £63 Noran Bank Farm; £62 Roseleigh; £62, £61 Anns Cottage
Shearlings & Single Lambs
Swaledale - £86 Barras Farm
Herdwick - £74 High Row Farm
Geld Hoggs
Herdwick - £100 Roseleigh